Includes bibliographic references (page 92) and index.
Summary:
The years from 1955 to 1965 are at the heart of the civil rights movement. In 1955, the movement was just taking off, gaining attention as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. encouraged nonviolent resistance, Rosa Parks incited the Montgomery bus boycotts, and teenager Emmett Till was brutally murdered by white men.
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